Improvement in air-condensing apparatus



UNITED STATES HALSEY MOORE, OF BANGALL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR IO HIMSELFAND PATENT OFFICE.

AARON W. KNAPP, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN AIR-CONDENSING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 75,042, dated March 3,1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HALSEY MOORE, of Bangall, in the county of Dutchessand State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement inApparatus for Oondensing Air; and l do hereby declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which which will enablethose skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadtothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is atop or plan view ot' my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same, taken through the line w ac, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved apparatus forcondensing` air for use in` driving an air-engine; and it consists inthe construction, combination, and arrangement of the various partsofthe apparatus, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are air pumps or condensers, by which the airis forced into receiversor reservoirs, from which it is admitted to the enginein the ordinarymanner. The upper ends of the piston-rods B of. the air pumps orcondensers A are pivoted to the outer ends of the arms C, rigidlyattached to the rock-shaft D, which works in bearings in the upper endsof the posts E, or in some other suitable support. Any desired number ofair-pumps A may be used, according to the capacity of the engine to bedriven.

F are beams'or bars attached to the ends of the rock-shaft D, and whichare slotted horizontally from their ends to or nearly to the shaft D.

G and H are heavy weights, which it into and slide back and forth in theslotted ends of the beams F, the weights G, upon one side of the shaftD, moving inward at the same time that the weights H, upon the otherside of said shaft, move outward, thus rockingthe shaft and working thepumps or condensers A.

I are connecting-rods, one end of which is pivoted to the weights G, andtheir other ends to the upper ends of the levers J, the middle parts ofwhich are pivoted to the posts K, or to some other suitable stationarysupport.

To the lower ends of the levers J are pivoted the inner ends of theconnectingrods L,

I `the outer ends of which are pivoted to the lower ends of the bent orelbow levers M, which are pivoted at their angles to thc posts N, ortosome other suitable stationary support.

To the outer ends of the bent or elbow levers M are pivoted the lowerends ofthe connectingrods O, the upper ends of which are pivoted to theends ot' the working-beams P, which are pivoted to the upper ends 0f theslotted posts K, or to some other suitable stationary supports. Theother ends ofthe working-beams P are connected to the weights H upon theother side of the rock-shaft D by a Aprecisely similar arrangement ot'levers and connecting-rods-that is to say, by the connecting-rods I,levers J, connecting-rods L, bent or elbow levers M, and connecting rodsO-so that as the weights G are moved from the shaft D by the one systemof levers and connecting-rods attached to the one end ofthe beam P, theother weights, H, may be moved toward the said rock-shaft D by thesystem of levers and connecting-rods connected with the other end ofsaid working-beam P.

To the lower side of the central part ofthe working-beam P is attached,0r upon it is formed, a toothed segment, R, the teeth ofwhich mesh intothe teeth of the segment S, formed upon or attached to the upper sideofthe cen tral part ot' the working-beams T, pivoted in the slottedposts K, directly beneath the beams P, to which they are exactlysimilar.

U are 'connecting-rods, the upper ends of which are pivoted to the endsofthe working beams T, and the lower ends of which are pivoted to thecrank-pins of the cranks V, which are attached to the ends of the shaftsW.

X are weights, which are attached to the ends ot' the ropes Y, the otherends of which are attached to the drums Z, secured to the shafts W forthe purpose of communica-ting motion to said shafts lV, from which it iscommunicated to the working-beam T, and thence to the weights G and H,in the manner hereinbefore described.

If desired, motion may be communicated to the shafts l/V by springsorcloclc-workinstead of by weights and drums, and this latterarrangement-viz., by springs or clock-work-I prefer, as being morecompact and convenient.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The rock-shaftD, with which the pistonrods of the air pumps or condensers A areconnected, operated by means of the sliding weights G and H, moving backand forth upon the slotted arms F, attached to said shaft D,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

2. The weights G and El, moved back and forth upon the slotted arms Ffrom the Working-beafv P by means of the connecting-rods 1, leversJfconnection-rods L, bentor elbow levers M, and connecting rods O,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination 0f the toothed segment R, toothed segment S,Working-beam T, conmeeting-rods U, crank V, and shaft W with each otherand with the working-beam P to impart motion to said beam,substantiallyr as shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 12th day'ofOctober, 1867.

HALSEY MOORE.

Witnesses J AMES T. GRAHAM, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

